White House considers using National Guard as deportation units

The White House generated an 11-page draft memo in January to consider using state National Guard units to enhance apprehension and detention of undocumented immigrants.
The memo suggest that Immigration and Customs Enforcement begin talks with border state governors on the use of Guard units. The draft, if implemented, would be the biggest domestic deployment of the military since the Civil War.

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